Improvement in dish-drainers



' J. H. ABBE.

Dish-Drainers.

NO ]57,774 Patented Dec. 15,1874.

W26z0ses r i I UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN R. ABBE, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN DISH-DRAINERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157.774, dated December15, 1874; application filed October 20, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN B. ABBE, of Manchester, in the county ofHillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new andImproved Dish-Drainer; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, true, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a device for attachment to a dish-pan forholding the dishes and allowing the superfluous water to draintherefrom; and it consists in a curved sheet-metal trough, having acorrugated and perforated bottom, and provided with hooks or springs forholding it in place upon the pan, whereby it may be applied to pans ofthe ordinary construction and form, such as are in common use and in themarket, without necessity for any change in the form of the pan.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved dish-drainer applied to an ordinary dish-pan. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section of the same.

A represents a tin pan, of the form generally used i'or washing dishes,and commonly known as a dish-pan, provided with handles a a. The drainerconsists of a trough, B, curved to correspond with the shape of the pan,and forming somewhat more than a halfcircle. It is of a width and depthsufficient to enable it to hold the dishes after they have been washedand turned up on the edge to drain. In the bottom of the drainer anumber of perforations are made for the purpose of allowing the water topass into the pan again after draining from the dishes. The ends of thedrainer B are provided with hooks c, which engage with the handles a andhold said ends in place on the edge of the pan. These hooks are, to someextent, elastic, and constitute springs. The portion of the bottom whichis between the ends is provided with one or more spring-catches, (1,similar to those used in tin canisters for holding down the lids. Thisspring-catch d engages with the bead which runs around the top of thepan, and thus prevents upward displacement of the drainer. In the bottomof the trough is a groove or corrugation, f, which fits the top of thepan, and thus prevents backward displacement of the drainer. Thiscorrugationfmay be of such depth that, in crosssection, it will somewhatresemble the letter W, so as to form two recesses-one on the inside andthe other on the outside of the pan; or it may be of such a depth andshape as to form one recess, which will be entirely over the inside ofthe pan, and will lie in a lower plane than the other portion of thetrough. A soap-dish may also be attached to or formed at one end of thetrough.

The drainer thus constructed may be applied to dish-pans, such as are incommon use and well known in the market, without the necessity for anychange or peculiarity in the form and construction of such pans in orderto adapt the drainer to be applied thereto.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The curved sheet metal trough 13, constructed with the groove orcorrugation f and perforated bottom, in combination with the hooks 0,attached to the ends of the trough for engaging with the handles of thepan, and the spring-catch d, secured to the bottom of the trough forengaging with the bead on the upper edge of the pan, substantiallyasand.

for the purpose described.

. JOHN R. ABBE.

Witnesses:

S. N. BELL, CHAS. ABBE.

